Interviews | Self-Publishing Review

Tune in Tokyo: A Review and Interview with Tim Anderson

Tune in Tokyo: The Gaijin Diaries is the true-life tale of a slacker, gay, viola-playing, sardonic English teacher making his way through the wilds of Tokyo. You know you’re in for a good read when the promo materials for the book are funny. A lesson to writers – your promo materials can do a lot.

The memoir is about culture shock, the sometimes absurdity of Japanese culture, but it’s mostly about Tim Anderson’s unique lens into his experiences. The book is confidently and reliably funny. The humor doesn’t have a 100% success rate, but there are so many quips that […]

Henry Baum2011-10-08T17:19:29+02:00August 18th, 2010|Categories: Book Reviews, Interviews, Lead Story|

Interview – Wade Stabler, author of ‘Rootwork’

An interview with Wade Stabler, author of ‘Rootwork’ which you can find here.

1. How did you come to self-publish? Did you try to get published
traditionally?

I decided to self-publish because I heard about the long waits and difficulty of traditionally getting published. I always hear of new writers writing fantastic books, only to have them rejected by publishing agents! I just decided I would take a shortcut.

2. What self-publishing service did you use? Happy with the service?

I used CreateSpace, and I would say they do a good job. They help you from start to finish.[…]

Wade Stabler2011-10-08T17:19:48+02:00August 16th, 2010|Categories: Interviews, Member Blog|

SPR interviews Mark Coker of Smashwords

Smashwords is a service for helping small and self-publishers format ebooks in diverse formats (for example: kindle, epub, PDF, Palm) and distribute them through diverse retail channels (for example Amazon, Apple, BN, Kobo, and Smashwords itself). A few weeks ago I sent Smashwords founder Mark Coker a note asking if I could interview him for my site Wetmachine & SelfPublishing Review. He said yes; I sent him some questions about the current & future state of book publishing, and he answered. His replies appear below the fold (cross-posted on Wetmachine yesterday).

I found his answers interesting and direct, and I […]

John Sundman2011-10-08T18:00:59+02:00August 5th, 2010|Categories: Interviews, Lead Story|Tags: Smashwords Tips and Articles|

This Unhappy Interview – Marc Horne Speaks

I am a huge fan of Marc Horne. And it’s not just because he’s been known to write homages to Stan Lee or name books after Morrissey songs, or even because he’s been known to say a few kind words about my own work.

His new novel, This Unhappy Planet, is a satirical dramedy about two guys who hatch a scheme to open a chain of spiritual fitness clubs, hoping to get rich quick off of bored yoga moms and affluent New Age seekers. Its brilliance is in Marc’s ability to lampoon both the main characters’ cynicism as well […]

Moxie Mezcal2011-10-08T17:27:14+02:00July 13th, 2010|Categories: Interviews|

An Interview with Henry Baum by Todd Keisling

<—That’s me, the editor of Self-Publishing Review.

Self-promotion time. I don’t do a huge amount of self-promoting about my own book here, but here goes. Case in point, didn’t mention that my novel, The American Book of the Dead, recently won the Gold IPPY award for Visionary Fiction. It also won Best Fiction at the DIY Book Festival.

Today there’s an interview up by Todd Keisling. I talk about the roots of the novel and self-publishing. On self-publishing, a snippet:

TK: How about self-publishing? What got you started there?

HB: My first novel was released by Soft

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Henry Baum2011-10-08T17:28:38+02:00July 7th, 2010|Categories: Interviews|

Eddie Wright Is Not Nothing | The Explosive Interview

I got turned onto Eddie Wright via a tweet by blogger Mike Cane, who suggested that the two of us together would be explosive. Naturally, with a teaser like that I had to check out Eddie’s novel.

Broken Bulbs is either about a junkie trying to write a screenplay or a writer who thinks he needs to fix in order to create. Either way, it’s a compelling meditation about the intersection of art and addiction and the way that both are essentially born of our need to feel like our life has meaning. Narratively, the book plays out like a […]

Moxie Mezcal2011-10-08T18:22:01+02:00July 6th, 2010|Categories: Interviews|

An Interview with Amber Riley

An interview with Amber Riley, author of Kindred Blood. Info on completing this interview here.

1. How did you come to self-publish? Did you try to get published
traditionally?

I did try to find an agent. I believe I sent query letters to about 10 seeking representation before decided to self-publish. Once I found iUniverse, I thought it would suit me better than traditional publishing. I write because I love to write. I was worried it would become more like work than my passion.

2. What self-publishing service did you use? Happy with the service?

I used iUniverse […]

Amber Riley2011-10-08T18:11:44+02:00June 1st, 2010|Categories: Interviews, Member Blog|

Price of Innocence: An Interview With Vicki Hopkins

An interview with Vicki Hopkins, author of The Price of Innocence. See how you can fill out this interview here.

1. How did you come to self-publish? Did you try to get published traditionally?

My first self-publishing experience was in May of 2009, when I published a popular blog – Lessons From the Phantom of the Opera. My readers begged for it in book form, so I thought the self-publishing route was my best choice for the type of non-fiction reference.

The Price of Innocence, my first novel, is also self-published. Before release, I did not submit […]

Vicki Hopkins2020-02-21T04:00:08+02:00May 27th, 2010|Categories: Interviews|